Re: XUPV2P from digilentinc

On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:27:23 -0700, spartan3wiz
<magnus.wedmark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I own an original Xilinx/Digilent Spartan-3 Starter Kit (200K device)
at $99 and since some months ago also a Xilinx/Digilent Microblaze
Starter Kit (1600E device) at $295 and am very satified with both of
them but of course it depends on what type of work you are willing to
put in and how big projects you are aiming for.

For staying in the cheap but quite capable beginner to intermediate
class I would recommend the original Xilinx/Digilent Spartan-3 Starter
Kit BUT with the 1000K-circuit option. For a mere $50 more you get 5
times the logic so that's great. But this board only uses 1MB 100Mhz
SRAM so it is not really suitable for Video-stuff of any resolution or
actions like Filtering. Its not suitable for Operating system-labbin
either 1MB is just too small for other than the most simplest system
like the TRS-80, C64 or similar retro-stuff. No Ethernet and no USB.
It uses the Parallell-cable for download
Like an earlier post said its 2*20 0.1" connectors is just great, easy
and cheap to play with. I've connected everything from speakers,
external VGA-screens to Joysticks and SD-Card connectors this way!

For some more power and ALOT of logic I think the $295 1600E-based
Starter-3E Kit is probably unbeatable for a non-student hobbyist. It
just fits about every core you can think of and mostly give headroom
for MORE. On the downside the external connector it uses a Hirose 100-
pin FX2 connector that don't come cheap from a hobby-side view, like
$25 for just a single connector if I remember correctly. One of the
demos that come with the board is a ucLinux dist with FTP, Telnet-
support! But for you to be able to make changes to its "hardware"-part
in a resonably simple way you need the real license for the Microblaze-
core and its tools and that will cost you $$.

Otherwise if you like Altera I think that their DE-2 Development-card
seems just great for doing Multimedia stuff.

Hope this helps!

Best Regards
Magnus Wedmark


Yeah this is a good feedback that I need:) Thanks,

John Chung
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